5:43am ET
Investing
Nikkei Moves Toward Pre-Crisis Levels
The Nikkei rose 4.3% today to 9,608. Another two days of similar gains would put the index at nearly 10,550, which is close to where it traded before the devastating earthquake and…
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Apple Inc.
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Investing
Facebook’s Valuation Warning: When Yahoo! Was Worth More Than Intel, Verizon, And Pepsi
Are investors forgetting the lessons of the dot-com bust of the 1990s?It would seem to be the case. Just like in the Clinton administration, companies with uncertain prospects are attracting insanely high…
4:53am ET
Investing
The New Generation Of American Monopolies
A monopoly is either what the government says it is or what a dominant company’s competitors claim. The government’s opinion is the only one that counts, however, as Sprint will find out…
4:11am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/22/2011)
Japan may need to work with the G7 to keep the yen low. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) factories and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) expansion plans were hurt by the earthquake’s aftermath. (Reuters)…
6:06am ET
Investing
Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the world’s most valuable brand with a $43.3 billion valuation. It is followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Bank of…
5:13am ET
Investing
Companies That Can’t Keep Their Products On The Shelves
It is not unusual for companies with highly successful products to run out of inventory. Oftentimes, companies are forced to scramble at the last minute to meet an unexpected upsurge in demand.…
3:57am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) says the Japan disaster is a buying opportunity for companies based there (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39…
3:55pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
AT&T/T-Mobile Deal May Not Help Apple
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the preeminent provider of smartphones to AT&T (NYSE: T) Wireless, may not get any new customers if its deal with Deutsche Telekom AG to acquire T-Mobile USA goes through.…
10:47am ET
Consumer Electronics
The Top Analyst Call of the Week (AAPL, MSFT, HPQ, GOOG)
Jon OggA research report from JMP Securities this last week ended up having a significant impact on shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and may have been considered blasphemy by many of…
2:59pm ET
Services
Google Gulps Biggest Share of Mobile Advertising (GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, MSFT, VZ, VOD)
Mobile advertising network Millennial Media has released its February data on which devices and operating systems are leading the mobile ad market. Millennial is the third largest mobile ad network, trailing AdMob,…
11:55am ET
Consumer Electronics
Tablets, Netbooks, Notebooks: Moving to $300 Computing (GOOG, AAPL, INTC, ARMH, NVDA, QCOM)
The usually reliable Taiwanese website Digitimes reports that Asustek Computer is preparing to launch a new netbook with a retail price between $200-$250. To reach that price point, Digitimes cited sources who “believe” that…
5:44am ET
Investing
Nike’s Brand Strength: A Round Of Prices Increases
Not many things test a brand’s strength more than a price increase. Nike (NYSE: NKE) said it will increase what it charges for most products by 5.2% because of rising costs for…
4:11am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/18/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) cut 5% of the employees in its trading operation (Reuters) Congress added another stop gap budget bill to take the federal government’s funding through April 8 (Reuters)…
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Technology
An Apple iPad 2 Parts Shortage
Hardware industry research firm iSuppli has issued a report which says that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) may run short on some parts used to build the iPad 2. The aftermath of the…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKAM, ALXA, AAPL, CMA, DELL, DVN, EP, EMC, HPQ, IBM, LMT, NTAP, NVTL, SQNM)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.…